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I went to a wedding once where both bride and groom were bisexual, but neither were out to their (Irish) families. At the reception, the best man (the groom's wee brother) stands up and gives us a quick summary of what he'll be covering in his speech: "... and I'll be talking about the time insert groom's name here came out on national TV."
Happy couple's face freeze in terror. Those of us who are in the know nearly drop our wine glasses.
On he goes, through a cheerfully boring and quite long speech, completely unaware of the torture he's inflicting on the two people sitting to his left. Finally, he gets to an anecdote about how he turned on the TV to watch The Late Late Show where the theme that week was homosexuality in Ireland.
"And when they asked for questions from the audience, you wouldn't believe it but up pops my very own brother! And what do you think he says? 'As a gay man...' - Jesus,' I think, 'my big brother is gay!' - '... do you think the media gives a fair portrayal of blah blah blah' - 'Ooooooh,' I say 'he means the gay fella there on the panel.' Ha ha ha! Had you all there!"
After the speeches, Bride and groom had to be helped out of the dining room to find some strong drink.